EXUMER Release Fourth Studio Album ‘The Raging Tides’
January 29th, 2016
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German / US thrash metal group Exumer issued fourth full-length studio album The Raging Tides on January 29th, 2016 through Metal Blade Records.
The outing was recorded with producer / engineer Waldemar Sorychta at Waldstreet Sound in Dortmund, Germany. Conceptually and lyrically, The Raging Tides is largely based around human suffering.
Performing bonus track duties is a cover rendition of ‘Forever My Queen’. Written by Pentagram, its original version appeared on July 1999’s Review Your Choices.
Concluding the pair of bonus tracks is a cover interpretation of ‘Hostage To Heaven’. Written by Grip Inc., its original version appeared on March 1995’s Power Of Inner Strength. Guesting on the aforementioned track is former Grip Inc. / ex-Despair guitarist and The Raging Tides producer Waldemar Sorychta, ex-Exodus / Generation Kill vocalist Rob Dukes, and Sodom / ex-Despair drummer Markus Freiwald.
The track listing is as follows;
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01. ‘The Raging Tides’
02. ‘Brand Of Evil’
03. ‘Catatonic’
04. ‘Sacred Defense’
05. ‘Welcome To Hellfire’
06. ‘Sinister Souls’
07. ‘Shadow Walker’
08. ‘There Will Always Be Blood’
09. ‘Dark Reflections’
10. ‘Death Factory’
11. ‘Forever My Queen’ (Pentagram cover) *
12. ‘Hostage To Heaven’ (Grip Inc. cover) *
* bonus track
Exumer’s line-up is as follows;
Mem V. Stein (vocals)
Ray Mensh (guitar)
Marc Bräutigam (guitar)
T. Schiavo (bass)
Matthias Kassner (drums)
A music video was filmed for the track ‘Catatonic’, which can be viewed below.
Third studio record Fire & Damnation was released in April 2012.
